Aroha

A great outpouring of support since people have learned about our rejection by the NZFC has been hugely encouraging. Thanks all those who have written to say they believe in the film and are sure that it will be the stronger because of the process.

We need a few days to regroup but are already pursuing alternative strategies. But it is the communal love which undergirds this and makes it a special project. A friend sent through this quote:

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race."

Wise words.